RTC gill curl

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HPIZZLE

HPIZZLE

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my beloved RTC has had gillcurl for a while. at first i thought it was getting better, well it just got worst. its still not like "superbad" but its noticable from a distance. hes in a 110 gallon right now, and i read somewhere that if you do a 50% water change every day for a week it will heal. so, i was wondering if it would be smarter to move him to another, smaller tank or would the stress be no much? hes just about 10" now. so, should i keep him in the 110 or go smaller? and does anyone know of a better way to treat gc? and most importantly, is the information i have come to understand true? could this harm my fish?

thanks for any replies and help in advance,
HPizzle
 
Hmm..Wonder if can you operate on it as you would with an arowana? We put my friends Jardini to sleep and started to cut the gills. It made a 100% recovery. Gills are straight as can be..
 
Heyitsduy42;2527356; said:
Hmm..Wonder if can you operate on it as you would with an arowana? We put my friends Jardini to sleep and started to cut the gills. It made a 100% recovery. Gills are straight as can be..
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not an option pal.
im not gonna do surgery on my RTC.
even though hes a gold head
 
BUMP
no surgery. im guese im gonna start doing the heavy WCs today
 
How bad is the gill curl? If it's just the soft tissue of the gills, then clean water will straiten out, but if the curl is on the gill plate, then massage the gill to straiten it out.
If it is Bad, Cut it.

How big is the RTC?
 
haynchinook334;2528986; said:
How bad is the gill curl? If it's just the soft tissue of the gills, then clean water will straiten out, but if the curl is on the gill plate, then massage the gill to straiten it out.
If it is Bad, Cut it.

How big is the RTC?
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its on the plate. actually, on one side, its completely turned in on itself. i really dont want to cut it, or know how to go about it.
 
HPIZZLE;2529008; said:
its on the plate. actually, on one side, its completely turned in on itself. i really dont want to cut it, or know how to go about it.
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Man that sucks. :(
 
haynchinook334;2529016; said:
Man that sucks. :(
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*sigh*
he had it when i got him, it just never got bad. then slowly but surely it just, well it went like ) instead of (....:(

**** me. should i sedate him, or just go for it? or, should i just leave it alone? doesnt bother him.... no heavy breathing or anything... man this sucks....:(
 
zfoster22;2529047; said:
ill come over...... when handwrestling catfish you always need a spotter.;)
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:ROFL:
hey, you forgot the quotation marks though. that is a quote;):grinno:
 
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